Vacancies List
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23 Jan 2025, 5:41 p.m.
in ClergyBenefice of Aldingham and Dendron and Rampside and Urswick with parishes of Pennington and Bardsea*
The four parishes (4 churches) of Low Furness are looking for someone who will:
• Lead our churches to grow in worship, leadership, and mission
• Work with ordained Colleagues in this embryonic Mission Community
• Have a clear sense of faith and vision
• Work with our vibrant and innovative Church of England Primary Schools
And who has:
• An obvious confidence in the Christian faith and gospel and an ability to preach with clarity and conviction
• An ability to identify, inspire and harness the goodwill, abilities and skills of the laity
• An ability to identify and develop Lay Ministry
We can offer:
• A modern vicarage
• A great location to live, on the South Coast of Cumbria with good transport links for Kendal and the UK
• Supportive and enthusiastic lay and ordained colleagues
This is a part-time house for duty post – 2.5 days per week including Sundays
For an informal chat please contact Archdeacon Vernon Ross: archdeacon.south@carlislediocese.org.uk / Tel: 07388 377105
For more information and an application form please visit www.carlislediocese.org.uk/vacancies
Closing date: 25th February 2025
Interview date: 20th March 2025
*Known locally as Low Furness
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23 Jan 2025, 5:33 p.m.
in ClergyPriest in Charge Benefice of Allonby, Crosscanonby and Dearham; Aspatria with Hayton and Gilcrux*
An opportunity to minister in a different way, collaborating with a full-time pioneer curate and a range of other ministries, to continue a mission begun by St Patrick and St Kentigern and still alive today on the breathtaking Solway. We are 6 parishes coming together in the newly resurrected historic county of Cumberland, looking forward to a new Priest in Charge.
Is God wanting to cast your lot in this fair land? (Psalm 16.5)
We are praying for someone who is…
• inspiring and energetic, with a deep faith
• conspicuous in joy, with a good sense of humour
• an enabler of the ministry of all Christians
• a team worker and collaborator
• approachable and relational
• down to earth and forward looking
• a good listener
This is a full-time stipendiary post (£30,912)
For an informal conversation, please contact Ven. Stewart Fyfe, Archdeacon of West Cumberland: 07552 428772.
For a profile and application form, please visit www.carlislediocese.org.uk/vacancies
Closing date: 19th February 2025
Interviews: 20th March 2025
(*We are in the final stage consultation of pastoral reorganisation to form a new united
Benefice to be called Criffel View of which the postholder would then be Rector)
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23 Jan 2025, 4:21 p.m.
in ClergyPriest-in-Charge of the Benefices of Crosscrake; Natland; Old Hutton and New Hutton
Our villages, close to the Lake District National Park, are looking for a dynamic church leader who will be:
• A person of deep faith, prayerful and energetic in sharing the Gospel
• A leader in worship and mission
• An enthusiast for church schools
• A team builder and a team player who will work with and in the ministry teams both within the parishes and across the wider mission community
What we can offer you:
• A supportive team of lay and ordained colleagues
• Distinct rural villages yet adjacent to the thriving market town of Kendal
• Good transport links with the rest of the UK
• A Net Zero and economical vicarage
• A full-time stipendiary post (£30,912 as at April 2024)
For an informal conversation, please contact Archdeacon Vernon Ross
Tel: 07388 377105 / archdeacon.south@carlislediocese.org.uk
For more information (including profile and application form) please visit www.carlislediocese.org.uk/vacancies
Closing date: 19th February 2025
Interview date: 20th March 2025
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23 Jan 2025, 4:10 p.m.
in ClergyVicar of the Benefice of Crosthwaite, Cartmel Fell, Witherslack and Winster (held in plurality) and
The churches of the Lyth and Winster Valleys in the South Lakes are looking for a new Vicar.
Are you forward-thinking, proactive and inspirational?
Do you have vision and empathy to help us with the task of mission and deepening of faith in our rural villages?
Will you help us to discern God’s priorities for us, and lead and support us going forward?
We are looking for someone who
• is a person of prayer and of strong faith, with a focus on growing and making disciples
• is a team player, able to work collaboratively with lay and clergy, and able to recognise and make the best use of people’s strengths and abilities
• is welcoming and outgoing, with good humour and a sense of fun
• will have broad sympathy with and respect for the diversity of our different churches.
This person will
• take overall pastoral responsibility for the five parishes and, as Co-leader of the Mission Community, help us develop and strengthen further our links with each other
• work with us to develop a broader outreach to the local community, especially younger people and families, looking at different ways of ‘doing church’
• be a pastor with a big heart for both church members and the wider communities
• strengthen and develop the existing links with the schools in our parishes and increase the Christian presence in each.
We offer
• supportive congregations
• a committed team of lay and ordained colleagues
• cheerful, welcoming communities
• a beautiful place to live and work in the Lake District National Park, within easy reach of the thriving market town of Kendal, with its mainline railway station and access to the M6.
This is a full time stipendiary post (£30,912 as at April 2024)
For more information contact the Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness: Ven Vernon Ross Email: archdeacon.south@carlislediocese.org.uk Tel: 07388 377105
For further details and application pack please visit www.carlislediocese.org.uk/vacancies
Closing date: 19th February 2025
Interview date: 20th March 2025
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